Emmah
Emmah was the 15609th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 5 babies. Its best year was 2008, when it ranked 2449th with 78 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 12,601 places. More babies were named Emmah in the 2000s than in any other decade.
Meaning (as Emma) whole, entire (Germanic element) · Germanic
- Rank in 2025
- #15,609 girls, down 8,587 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 5girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 200878 babies
- Total since 1880
- 956babies recorded
What does the name Emmah mean?
Emmah is a spelling of Emma, pronounced the same way, so it shares Emma's meaning and origin.
Emma started as a short form of longer Germanic names beginning with the element irmin- or ermin-. Wiktionary glosses the element as 'whole, entire'; DMNES glosses it as 'strong'. It soon became a name in its own right. The Normans brought it to England, where it was the name of an 11th-century queen of England, Denmark and Norway.
*ermunaz (Proto-Germanic, “whole, entire, great”)ermen / irmin (Old High German / Old Saxon, “strong (DMNES gloss)”)
How sure is this? Probable. The sources gloss the Germanic element differently ('whole' or 'strong'). Both agree it is a short form of compound names.
See also: Germanic names.
Emmah popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #15,609 | 5 |
| 2020 | #7,022 | 16 |
| 2010 | #2,848 | 61 |
| 2000 | #5,778 | 19 |
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How popular is Emmah, counting every spelling?
Emmah is a spelling of Emma, a name family that ranked #5 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #15,609 for Emmah on its own. Together these spellings went to 12,759 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emma | 12,754 | #3 | 69,929 |
| Emmah | 5 | #15,609 | 47 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Emmah?
5 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Emmah (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Emmah born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 1,661 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Emmah.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Emmah?
About 900 people born in the US named Emmah are alive today, with a median age of 16; half are between 12 and 20. That makes Emmah mostly worn by children and young adults.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Emmah: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Emmah, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Emmah
What does Emmah mean?
Emmah is a spelling of Emma, which means “whole, entire (Germanic element)” (Germanic origin). Certainty: probable.
How popular is the name Emmah?
Emmah was the 15609th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 5 babies. Its best year was 2008, when it ranked 2449th with 78 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 12,601 places. More babies were named Emmah in the 2000s than in any other decade.
Is Emmah a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Emmah in the US.